SP Leader Molests Young Girl on Train

Last week a Swiss tourist was gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh and the tourism minister responded by terming the event as "unfortunate" saying that foreign tourists were not following rules about informing local police about their movements. And today a Senior SP leader was detained for misbehaving with a young girl. But he was released later when the girl in question withdrew her charges, presumably under political pressure.Sources say, the complainant was subjected to immense pressure from the arrested leader, officials and the ruling party, following which she withdrew her complaint.

62-year-old Chandra Nath Singh was deboarded from the train at Shahjahanpur Railway Station late last night after the girl alleged that the former MP from Machlishahr misbehaved with her and was in an inebriated state, police said today.Initially, there was some dispute over a berth in AC first class as the former MP boarded the train without a confirmed ticket, they said.Singh, who is SP's official candidate for the next Lok Sabha elections, boarded the train from Pratapgarh and was on his way to New Delhi, they said.When the GRP personnel arrested Singh, a former MP from Machhlishahr, it was discovered that he . The girl accused him of being drunk and of sexually harassing her. Travelling on a wait listed ticket in the AC coach-that's our netas for you.

According to police officials the "matter was closed" after the girl, along with her family members, gave a written undertaking informing them that they were withdrawing the case registered at the Shahjahanpur government railway police (GRP) station.The girl's parents, amid reports of political pressure, told the police that they were not interested in pursuing the case any further and said the leader had apologised to them and had regretted his behaviour.

Soon after his detention, the SP leader complained of pain in the chest after which he was admitted to the district hospital, police said. Ofcourse, he had chest pains. Ill health is the most common excuse our netas use when they want to avoid detention. Also, in the video above, we can see how try the SP leader is trying to shield his face away from the cameras. Molesting a woman is not shameful, facing the camera is!

The matter is being investigated by police and the victim has lodged a written complaint, they said has withdrawn her statement. But it seems she was telling the truth as passengers in the train sided with the girl and testified to the police team. The former MP, however, told the police that he was innocent and was being framed; all that he had done was to ask the girl to move a little, so he could sit on the berth. Yeah, right. Being framed by rival political parties, who must have forced Chandra Nath Singh to drink alcohol also and would have made sure that his ticket doesn't get confirmed.

Ram Asrey Kushwaha, senior SP leader had said that the matter would be brought before party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, and necessary action will be taken if the party leader was found guilty. Wow, some tough action this is.

Will these people save India from the grips of a deep seated culture that promotes rape and disrespects women? These men, whom the people (whichever state, all of them, including you and me fall under the tag of citizens of India, so we can't differentiate) elected and trusted them to make decisions on their behalf for the common good? No!. There might be few forward thinking men in Indian politics right now and lot of tough women, but the general feeling we get is that the predominantly male population in our Indian governance system doesn't get the social menace called rape and they don't see it as a big problem. Because it can be conveniently shrugged off as a culture/mindset thing.